1. Google founded in September 1998
Microsoft was founded in 1975
Yahoo was founded in February 1994
2. The founder of Google: Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Microsoft: Bill Gates and Paul Allen
Yahoo: David Filo and Jerry Yang
3. Revenue of Google: 10,604.92
Microsoft: 44,282.00
Yahoo: 6,425.68
4. .NET is the Microsoft Web services strategy to connect information, people, systems,
and devices through software.
5. PageRank is a link analysis algorithm that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web, with the purpose of "measuring" its relative importance within the set.

6. Yahoo purchased flickr.com
7. Cerebrus purchased chrysler
8. A private equity company means that you can only access the company if you are
a shareholder, and a public corporation means that anybody can access it even if
you aren't a shareholder.
9. Revenue is money coming in to a company.
10. A share of stock means you own a part of the company.
11. Alcoa mines aluminum.
12. GE is general electric.
13. A CEO sets the direction and is responsible for failure and success.
14. A CFO handles the company's financial problems.
15. NYSE is the New York Stock Exchange.
NASDAQ is National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
16. The board of directors controls the company and makes decisions.
17. IPO is initial public offering